THE DAYbefore Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel peace prize, the editor-in-chief ofNovaya Gazetastood in remembrance outside the Moscow apartment block where his newspaper’s most famous journalist was murdered exactly 15 years before.Anna Politkovskayawas shot on October 7th 2006—Vladimir Putin’s birthday. Her death, Mr Putin said at the time, caused more damage to Russia’s authorities than her work. This callousness offended Mr Muratov. It hurts that the statute of limitations has passed and those who ordered the killing have still not been named.
This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “Speaking for the dead”
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